Friends and lovers :
Jason and Liz open their hearts to one another as well as a few bottles of tequilas! Shortly they finds themselves "making love". What neither of them knows is that Sam is out in the hall ready to confess to Jason about her ONS with her step daddy. Of Course Jason already knows this having caught the pair in the act. Sam changes her mind just as Jason hears a noise and comes out to check almost catching her leave. Back with Liz, he offers to help her in any way he can...including sending her and her son on an all expense trip/relocation out of town. She turns him down, and tells him she plans on staying in PC and making a life without Lucky, whom she plans on divorcing. BH says " She tried to make it work with Lucky, but she can't let her son live in the same house with an addict who is out of control and unfaithful. She knows Jason will always be there to support her and catch he if she falls.  He giver her the strength to be able to this with Lucky."

SB adds that the longtime friends found something special in each other that night. "We each needed a friend because we're both hurt. Now there's always going to be something special about their friendship. There was an attraction that resurfaced that night, but that doesn't lessen the feelings he has for Sam. It was just the timing of it all." 

True Confessions
Meanwhile as Sam plans to leave town, Ric offers to facilitate it financially, but she refuses. She then visits Sonny and admits to having slept with his brother. Sonny insinuates that Jason would not easily forgive her infidelity. Unable to leave town with such a huge secret between them Sam finally confesses to Jason only to find out he already knows. Worse, Sam finds out that Jason was ready to forget all the bad times and take her back....until he saw her in bed with Ric. SB: "I might have been able to deal with it better if it was someone else, but the fact that it's Ric just adds another notch. We hate each other, and we are going to keep hating each other. After this I'm going to want to kill him!"

Farewell, My Love?
Jason admits that he too has been unfaithful, confessing to his night with Liz---a night he neither regrets or feels guilty about . But he remains unable to forgive Sam. SB: " Jason kept pushing her away. That doesn't make it okay for her to go do what she did. But can he hate her for it? I don't know who's to blame. This situation really isn't black and white."  A heartbroken Sam realizes their relationship has been shattered by her actions and is beyond repair. Nothing Jason says can change her mind.

Second Chances?
Meanwhile Liz sneaks into a NA meeting and listens as Lucky talks about his struggle. Moved by his words, she returns home and finds herself unable to pack her stuff. When her hubby comes home and makes an emotional plea, Liz realizes just how much she loves him and agrees to try and make things work. BH: "Everything changes now that he's admitting to needing help and getting it. She vowed to be with him for better or worse, and she feels like she'd be a hypocrite if she didn't try to work things out.

First there is the matter of her affair to deal with, she rushes to Jason and begs him to keep their night together quiet, but he tells her Sam already knows. After Jason's two women meet and agree to keep their infidelities a secret, Liz confronts Maxie.  Maxie spins some lies, but is warned to stay away--or else! Meanwhile Lucky has a dream in which he catches Liz with Patrick and shoots his cheating wife! Is his dream more prophetic than anyone knows?

Sonny goes to Jason with news that Alexis has cancer and need all the support she can get. Jason promises to try and convince Sam to stay, but doubts he will have much luck. When Alexis sits her family down to share the news, Sam faces the dilemma of a lifetime. Jason provides a shoulder to cry on, but will that convince her to stay in PC? One way or another says Burton, "If they are going to get Jason and Sam back together again, they can't just throw them together again. It's going to have to be something that's slow. They have to rebuild what went wrong."

Jason and Sonny share a firm belief that betrayal is unforgivable, so Sam's chances for a reunion are slim.